Alessandro Valignano
Italian Jesuit missionary · Italy · On the map · Religious Figures · Lived 1539 to 1606 · aged 66
Alessandro Valignano, S.J., sometimes Valignani, was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary born in Chieti, part of the Kingdom of Naples, who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the Far East, and especially to Japan.
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Country
Italy
Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1539 to 1606 · aged 66
